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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On October 9, 1901 what does Junior do?

2. John and Abby buy a new house and begin to spend their summers where?

3. As Senior becomes more reclusive, the limelight shifts to Junior and focuses on the wealth he will inherit. Does Junior like the limelight?

4. The Rockefellers acquire what bank which handles most of the trust companies?

5. After the assassination of McKinley, who becomes President?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Junior in Chapter Nineteen.

2. What happens after the assassination of McKinley?

3. What does John D. for William Rainey Harper? Why?

4. What does Senior begin doing with his money in Chapter Thirty-two?

5. What does Reverend Augustus H. Strong want from Rockefeller? What does John D. think of this?

6. By 1891, what is John D. doing regarding Flagler?

7. What problems exist in Senior's life by 1903?

8. What happens when the Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating that control of the Ohio company has been transferred out of state, in violation of its Ohio charter.

9. How does John change after Cettie's death?

10. What deaths occur in Chapter Thirty-three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many changes take place over the years in the Rockefeller family.

Part 1) Describe the changes that take place. Why do they take place?

Part 2) How do these changes affect the family, the family business, an the family's wealth?

Part 3) Are these changes mostly due to events and changes outside the family or due to members of the family? Explain.

Part 4) How does your own family compare to the Rockefellers?

Essay Topic 2

By the mid-1890s, public sentiment is to curtail the trusts.

Part 1) What are trusts? Why were they formed? How do they affect the economy?

Part 2) Why does the public want trusts curtailed? Is this a good idea? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this public sentiment affect John D. and his family? Is this the result that those against trusts wanted? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In April 1901, a train full of millionaires, dubbed the Millionaire's Special, tours the south.

Part 1) Why does this group of millionaires travel to the south? How do these millionaires and those in the south benefit from this trip?

Part 2) How does this trip specifically affect Junior? What does he do, as a result of this trip?

Part 3) How are the results of this trip still seen today? How can millionaires learn from these millionaires of the Turn-of-the-Century?

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